Architecture & Technology Strategy
- Own end-to-end platform architecture, ensuring scalability, security, reliability, and performance.
- Define and execute the technology roadmap aligned with business and product objectives.
- Evaluate and implement appropriate frameworks, tools, and cloud technologies.
- Collaborate closely with business stakeholders and product teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
Full Stack Engineering
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services, APIs, and microservices.
- Build responsive and user-friendly front-end applications using modern JavaScript frameworks.
- Drive engineering best practices, code quality, testing standards, and documentation.
- Participate actively in code reviews and technical design discussions.
Cloud, DevOps & Infrastructure
- Deploy, manage, and optimize cloud infrastructure on AWS and/or GCP.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployments.
- Implement containerized and cloud-native architectures using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Ensure security, reliability, monitoring, and operational excellence across systems.
Technical Leadership
- Serve as a technical mentor and engineering leader.
- Establish engineering standards and promote a strong development culture.
- Support hiring, onboarding, and mentoring of future engineering team members.
- Lead agile development processes and sprint planning activities.
Required Skills & Experience
Experience
- 8+ years of software engineering experience.
- Minimum 3+ years in a Technical Lead, Lead Engineer, Principal Engineer, Architect, or similar senior technical role.
- Strong preference for candidates with startup or product engineering experience.
Strong expertise in one or more of:
Backend Development
- Node.js / Express.js, Python / FastAPI / Django, Go (Golang), Ruby on Rails, Java-based backend frameworks
Frontend Development
- React.js, Angular, Vue.js
API & System Design
- RESTful APIs, GraphQL, Microservices architecture, Distributed systems design, Cloud-native application development
Database Technologies
- PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB
Cloud & DevOps
- Strong hands-on expertise in: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, etc.), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform / CloudFormation, GitHub Actions / GitLab CI, CI/CD best practices
What We're Looking For
- Strong hands-on Individual Contributor (IC) mindset.
- Ability to build and scale products in fast-moving environments.
- Excellent problem-solving and system-thinking capabilities.
- Ownership mentality with a bias toward execution.
- Passion for modern software engineering, cloud technologies, and product innovation.